Spring Cleaning Underway

April 6, 2010

A Message from the City of Guelph Manager, Roads and Right of Ways:

OperationsRoadsStaff has transitioned into spring cleanup mode.

Winter control(Roads)shifts, days, nights and afternoons ceased over the Easter longhave changed from a three shiftrotationschedule to a two shift schedule, days and afternoons, startingyesterday,Monday April5. Winter Controlstaffing hasalsobeen downsized in recent weekswithsomestaff returning to their normallyassignedsummerwork areas ofDrainageOperations,Signs and Traffic maintenanceandBoulevard maintenance, with the remainingroadsstaff carrying out the spring road cleanup program.

With the recent favourable weather, the spring road cleanup is already well underway. Two,OperationsRoadSweeper Units are on the roads currentlyconcentrating on arterial and collector roads. Staff is nearing completion of the curb faced sidewalk and traffic island sweeping throughout the city. Thebulkresidentialsweeping activity will begin on Monday April 12, 2010with the aid of a third party contractor.The contractor will provide an additional six road sweeper units and 3 road flushersto assist with thebulk cleanup. The contractorbeing utilized for this work for the second year in a row is,A&G The Road Cleaners out of Bolton.

The spring road sweeping program will run Monday through Friday between 7:00am and 11;00pm. The Contractor will work 8:00am to 6:00pm. A map showing daily progress will be posted in the Roads Room in Operations. A completion date of April 23 is targeted.